A settlement built by a colliery owner to house the workers.

The underground soil area for tree roots (often with root barriers to direct roots downwards), and the surface treatment for pedestrian safety, and irrigation. Can be used as a flowerbed.

(performing arts) A sunken area in front of a stage in which musicians, largely hidden from view, play music to accompany stage performances.

(dance, music) A dance at a concert where participants mosh in a circular path, leaving the centre clear.

Coal dug from a pit, not charcoal.

An early design of pit (core of an implosion-type nuclear weapon), used in the detonation over Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945.

(military) A trench for sheltering sharpshooters.

A limestone quarry.

(mining, dated) A direct overseer of laborers in a mining operation.

Alternative form of pit boss